English speakers

[Jonathan M. Hall]

I'd also like to second Stefan's suggestion that, in general, we pay  
better attention to funding interpreters and translators, though  
often it's not sexy enough to win the support of funders and  
interpreting does take valuable time in an event.  (Forgive me if I  
seem pedantic here, but in my understanding, one "interprets" spoken  
language and "translates" the written.)  When I worked as a volunteer  
interpreter for the Japanese gay activist group OCCUR, which had sent  
a delegation to the European-based International Lesbian & Gay  
Association conference, I really was astounded by the sheer anger and  
irritation the group incurred when it simply demanded the time  
necessary in the proceedings for consecutive interpreting.  Most film  
events lack the resources for simultaneous interpreters, and both  
audiences and organizers seem to get irritated when time is spent in  
languages they can't understand. So my call is for not just a  
financial generosity but a linguistic one as well.

My comments are not a criticism of the Bradford event. It sounds  
promising.

jonathan


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Japanese Film, Media, and Modern Literature
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Co-Chair, Queer Caucus, Society for Cinema and Media Studies



On May 9, 2007, at 11:23 AM, Stefan Nutz wrote:

> I met:
>
> Kore-eda Hirokazu, Tsukamoto Shinya, Ichikawa Jun and Hiroki Ryuichi
> and none of the directors above could take part in an English-on- 
> stage interview.
>
> best,
>
> Stefan
>
> PS: You have the money to invite directors, but no money for  
> translators?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Thomas Vincent
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 6:07 PM
> Subject: English speakers
>
> Hi there,
>
> I am working on programming for a film festival in the UK, and  
> would very much like to include retrospectives of one or more  
> Japanese directors or stars. We'd also like to invite people over  
> for 'screentalk' events...
>
> Does anyone happen to know whether the following people have  
> sufficient skills in English to enable them to participate in an on- 
> stage interview:
>
> Kore-eda Hirokazu
>
> Tsukamoto Shinya
>
> Ichikawa Jun
>
> Nakata Hideo
>
> Asano Tadanobu
>
> Hiroki Ryuichi
>
> Kurosawa Kiyoshi
>
> Miike Takashi
>
> From what I can gather from DVD extras and TV clips, I suspect the  
> answer may be none of them... Is this correct?
>
> Appologies in advance for the rather subjective nature of the  
> question!
>
>
> Tom Vincent, National Media Museum, Bradford UK
>
>
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